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TECHNIQUES FOR PROVIDING SCALABLE APPLICATION DELIVERY CONTROLLER SERVICES

  • US 20130268646A1
  • Filed: 04/04/2013
  • Published: 10/10/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/04/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for managing an application delivery controller (ADC) cluster in a software defined networking (SDN)-based network, wherein the method is performed by a central controller of the SDN-based network, the ADC cluster includes a plurality of physical devices, each of the plurality of physical devices includes a plurality of ADC virtual appliances (VAs), comprising:

  • creating, by the central controller, a hash table including a plurality of buckets allocated to active VAs out of the plurality of VAs, wherein each bucket is assigned to a range of a source internet protocol (IP) addresses of a client; and

    programming by the central controller at least one ingress network element, connected to the ADC cluster and configured to receive incoming traffic from clients, to perform a balanced incoming traffic distribution among the plurality of VAs, wherein the traffic distribution is based in part on the allocation of the buckets to the plurality of VAs and the SIP addresses of the clients originating the incoming traffic.

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